Finally copyied the Boss HM-2 accurately!

[AlGrenadine]

Any hope to get a preset?

 

[Jan Geerts]

I love how you use a €3000 top modeller which holds the tone of various €3000 amps to get the sound of one of the worst €80 pedals. That is the kind of dedication and bloodymindedness that commands respect

 

[angelworm]

great job ! so now i know how not to dial in distortion

 

[SB7]

Wow, sounds just like my HM2 .. which was the worst sounding pedal I ever bought .. I still have it ..couldn't give it away
Seriously , though , thanks for showing us the way .

Cheers

 

[yyz67]

It's so bad it's awesome.

 

[Disconnector]

I bought one because Gilmour had one on his board in he 80's and 90's. I never could figure out if he was just messing with people . . .

 

[Burgs]

Slightly off topic, but I thought I might be able to add something to the party table. I got hold of a modded HM-2-type pedal today. I stuck it into a clean JM45 with some OwnHammer GB cabs (Axe-FX III MKII, FW 20.04) and came up with this. After I'd uploaded it I wandered over here to see if there was any other HM-2/Fractal action and found this thread by Turgon. Now I feel I'm using it all wrong! Ha. Still, it wouldn't be a bad addition to the FW pedal arsenal someday.

 

[Cube]

I know domestic tools sounding similar - it's interesting how personal tastes differ ...

 

[skolacki]

I bought one because Gilmour had one on his board in he 80's and 90's. I never could figure out if he was just messing with people . . .

Same. I couldn’t figure it out either.

 

[marc0810]

I bought one because Gilmour had one on his board in he 80's and 90's. I never could figure out if he was just messing with people . . .

I thought he had the metalizer I think it was the MZ-2

 

[FPFL]

Our boy in Floyd had an HM-2.
I'm 100% not a scholar on every pedal he ever used, but it was on his board.
There are photos floating around.

As someone who owns an HM-2w I can tell you it's not just a Swedish Chainsaw machine.
The EQ is interesting and not ordinary. With the gain rolled back it can do other useful things
It's why it's used in shoegaze bands.

Would LOVE to see one in Fractal.

 

[yek]

HM-2 implemented in current firmware.

 

[FPFL]

can't wait to try!

 

[NorCal_Val]

Hi there guys,

I don't frequent this forum very often, but today I published a Vid in where I show a patch that copies the famous chainsaw sound of the Boss HM-2. I think it's pretty accurate. Maybe some of you find this helpfull!

Great job!!
Sounds as awful as I remember!
I used an HM-2, back in late ‘85/‘86 in my first band.(with a Boss CE-2) It was terrible. BUT, it was better than the distortion in my Peavey amps.